《钟形罩》是 20 世纪中叶美国自白派诗人西尔维娅·普拉斯的唯一一部半自传体小说.作为普拉斯的代表作，以美国冷战时期为背景，小说把叙述的焦点放在一位聪颖优秀的 19 岁女性身上，探讨了青年女性在当时社会所特有的成长挫折与困惑。基于成长小说视角，以成长环境、成长领路人以及成长仪式三个基本要素为出发点，探究小说主人公埃斯特成长中的困惑。上述研究一定程度上释读了美国社会中女性成长困惑的原因，以期帮助读者进一步理解该小说的内涵，从而正视当代女性成长中的困惑。

The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Sylvia Plath who is an American confessional poetess in the mid-20th century. As Sylvia Plath's masterpiece, set in the Cold War, the novel focuses on a brilliant 19-year-old woman and explores the frustrations and confusions peculiar to young women at that time. The three basic elements of the thesis includes growing environment, the growing guide and the growing ceremony, which explores the puzzle of Esther's growth. To a certain extent, the research explains the confusions in female growth in American society so as to help readers further understand the connotation of the novel and face up to the confusionsin female growth in contemporary society.